Middle English Dictionary Entry
phisicāl(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | phisicāl(e adj. Also phisichal. |
| Etymology | ML physicālis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Medical, as distinct from surgical; (b) philosophical.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)20b/b : Cause & effecte..perteneþ most to phisicale doctrine or of phisiciens.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)113a/b : Raucedo, i. hosenez..is treted ynoȝ in phisicale bokez [Ch.(2): bookes of phisik; L phisicalibus libris].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)136b/a : Þe more partie of þise passions perteneþ to phisicale doctrine [Ch.(2): lore of phisik; L physicalem doctrinam].
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)1803 : Sleep, receyved in tyme and mesure..ffroom these seknessys the boody doth Recure, Which previd is by phisichal prudence.
b
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)409 : The crafth of descrypcyounn I cowde as weel both forge and fyle As cowd Boyce in hys phisycal consolacyounn.